About

Ellen Shieh is a 20 year old singer-songwriter and international, competitive violinist. She was the overall winner and people's choice of Soulstice, the biggest talent competition with an audience of 3,000 people at UC Irvine, where she currently studies. Although she is a Cognitive Sciences major, she dreams of becoming a professional recording artist and performer.

About This Project

What is TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxUCIrvine, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxUCIrvine event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.